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Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney

5 reviews

anne_reader's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Confinement, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Violence, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

jennabeck13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)

Genre: Thriller

About 305 pages

Four women. Three suspects. Two murders. And one missing woman. Edith, Frankie, Clio, and Patience are all good bad girls. These women are connected by two things: a missing baby from 20 years ago and a woman murdered in a care home. Each wants to solve the murders and disappearance for their own selfish reasons…

I had to keep the summary brief for this one because otherwise, it would give too much away, but WOW. This book started a little slow but ended with a bang. I loved figuring out how each of the women was connected to one another and specifically loved Edith and Patience’s characters. Every time I thought I knew where we were going, Feeney threw in another twist. I definitely got confused at times, so this is a book where you really need to put your thinking cap on while reading it, but I would highly recommend it!

Favorite Quote: “Time can be borrowed, wasted, or stolen. Time can bend or break, it can hurt or heal. Time can rewrite history. But time is too precious to be taken.”

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

theoceanrose's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Kidnapping

Minor: Violence, Death, and Blood

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

    I really enjoyed this book, and while some parts were predictable others weren't. The characters were unlikable but in a way that made them enjoyable not ones you hate.
    The narrators were good, but their voices were too similar and made it harder to keep track of whose POV you were in if you came back to the book in the middle of a chapter. Luckily the chapters were named for the character whose POV it was from.
    Overall a good book, I just wish it had been a bit less predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness, Abortion, and Animal cruelty

c100's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent